Washing-machine



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WASHING MACHINE.

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A. SCHARNWEBER.

WASHING MACHINE.

N0. 271,369. Patented Ja11.30.1883.

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WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,369, dated January 30, 1883.

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Figure l is a vertical sectional view ot' an apparatus embodying inyimprovements, showing the rubber elevated. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view transversely to Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a top view of a portion of the lower rubber or belt. Fig. 4 is a section taken in the line a' a ot' Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a side view of the tub, showing the lid turned over to form tables. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the same. Fig. 7 is a perspective view ot' the upper rubber and operating-handle.

The tub A is ofapproximate semi-cylindrical form, and rests upon legs a. 1t is provided with a faucet for drawing oit' the water, and it may be lined with galvanized iron or other metal. The lid or cover is made in two halves or sections, B B. At each end ot' each section is a transverse brace or bracket, b, which terminates in a perforated lug, b2. On the two opposite sides of the tub A, near the upper corners, are projecting pins or studs a?, carried by plates a3, which are secured to the tub by screws. The perforated lugs b2 are sprung over the pins or studs a2, so as to form hinges, and by this means the lid-sections B are connected to the tub at opposite sides, so that when they are raised they may be turned over to a horizontal position outside of the tub and serve as tables for clothes, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l and full lines in Figs. 5 and 6.

The lower wash-board or rubber, C, consists ot" a tlcxible belt composed of a series of slats or bars, d, strung on two ropes or cords, e, the ends of which aie attached to a frame composed ot side rails, F, and en'd rails, G. The side rails, F, are provided with trunnions f, which work in grooves g in the side walls of' p the ytub A, at about the center thereof'.

The upper wash-board orrubbcr, H, is composed of bars h, running parallel with the side walls ot' the tub. The lower edge of each bar is curved in the form of an are ot' a circle,and is provided with notches about equal in width to the width ofthe slats or bars d. rIhe upper edge of each of the two outermost bars is formed with two arcs, J J, each having a radius of less than half that of the lower edge. The end ofthe bars hare connected by curved plates K, coveringabout one-halt'ot' the arcs J, thus serving the double purpose ot' connecting the bars to form a frame, and also preventing splashing when therubberis oscillated. From the two central bars, h, of the upper rubber extend four vertical standards, 7b2-two on each bar. Between these standards at the center and between the two arcs J at the sides lits a board, J2, the ends oi' which are provided with gudgeons or trunnions l, near the bottom, for engagement with grooves g2 in the side rails of the lower wash-board, and with longer gudgeons or truunions t', near the top, for engagement with the grooves g in the side walls of the tub. Between the standards h2 and on either side of the board J2 [its the forked lower portion ofa handle or lever, L.

The operation is as follows: The tub A being supplied with water and the clothes being placed therein, resting on the belt or lower rubber, C, when the handle or lever L is oscillated, the gudgeons or trunnions i serve as the fulcruni l'or the lever, and said lever and the board J2 move the upper rubber,in one direction, while the gudgeon l, working in the grooves g2 of the lower belt-rubber above the pointswhere its trunnionsf restsinthe groove g ofthe tub, move the lower belt-rubber in the opposite direction. rlhus the two rubbing parts are alternately oscillated in the opposite directions, and the clothes are thoroughly rubbed and rolled between the rubbers, being quickly cleaned without being torn or otherwise damaged.

In order to provide f'or different quant-ities of clothes to be washed, the upper rubber is adjustable as to height by means of a rod, M, extending upward from it and working telescopically in the arm or handle L. The upper end ot' the rod M is bent outward through a slot in the handle, and engages with aspringlever, P, provided with teeth, by which means IOO the rubber is held at any height to which it may be adjusted.

This washing-machine may be operated by hand, foot, steam, or other power by suitablyarrauged lever7 pulley, and belt, or other conneetions for swinging the lever L, as above described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim l as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentin Rand the studsf, of the lever L, the boards J2, and the trunnions li, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with the upper and low- Ver rubbers described, of the lever L, board J 2,

trunnions Zand z', and the grooves g in the tub, as shown and described. z5 4. The combination, with the upper rubber and the movable lever and board, of the adjustine; device consisting of the spring-rack P, pivoted to the lever L, and the hook-rod M, secured at its lower end to the rubber, as 3o shown and described.

AUGUST SCHARNWEBER.

Witnesses:

C. A. FroKE, GEO. W. BAWDEN. 

